On 11/21/12 11:43 PM, Ammar Salih wrote:
Dears,
I can see almost everyone agrees to that the RIR info is not accurate and in
many cases is incorrect, so why the hassle of assigning wrong locations? And
why developers are building their applications based on incorrect
information.
The RIR isn't in the business of tracking location, it's in the business
of allocating resources. if you want to know the location of the party
which recieved the allocation, ask an RIR. Where the block is used
rather than to whom it is allocated, that is none of their business.
And frankly speaking, I don't agree to *sending wrong location information
to protect our privacy*, it's either you send correct ones and get the
benefits of location-based services or you don't.
Thanks,
Ammar
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header
You can probably get a *hint* about my location from an IP lookup.
You can definitely not be certain my location
Well, with the new draft, you can do the same, location accuracy can
be tweaked to reflect city only, or city and region..etc.
And what makes you think I'm interested in publishing this?
it tells me the correct *country* for the IP. However, both the
region and the city are wrong.
That is the whole point, why are we happy with providing incorrect
information? It's even without our awareness or control.
I don't particularly *want* to publish this information. Therefore, if the
geolocation data is to a large degree wrong, that's just fine!
My whole point was simply meant as a counterargument to your "I can simply
do ip lookup and find out your location". And my claim is that no, you can't
really "simply" do that. And I like it that way.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
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